Anna Brunstrom, professor in Computer Science at KAU, arranges a special session on Reducing Internet Latency at the upcoming European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC 2015) in Paris.
The special session is organized as part of the work within the EU FP7 project RITE, where KAU is one of the partners.
2022-04-14
Christina Öberg, Professor of Business Administration at Karlstad Business School, has been granted research funding for an interview study on the issues related to the distribution of environmental effects.
– Our rural areas has a purpose, while society at large has an environmental objective, says Christina Öberg. The problem is that these two do not go together well.
2014-09-02
Ph. D student in Psychology at CTF. You just came back from Bonn, Germany, what did you do there?
- I participated in a doctoral course on decision making at Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective.
Interesting, can you tell us more about the course?
- In the course we studied how to create and test models on how we think when we make decisions.
2017-10-24
The article "Institutional Complexity as a Driver for Innovation in Service Ecosystems” by Jaakko Siltaloppi, Kaisa Koskela-Huotari and Stephen L. Vargo has been presented the Informs Service Science 2017 Best Article Award.
– The article uses institutional theory to explain why diversity is important for novel ideas. Institutions here refer to the rules, norms and meanings that guide how people think and act.
2021-01-11
Janna Dervisic is a new PhD student in Business Administration at Karlstad Business School. She is placed at CTF, Service Research Center, and part of the Swedish Research School of Management and Information Technology, MIT. Her research will focus on innovation, services and digital technology.
Janna Dervisic has a master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Karlstad University, and has been working in the construction industry the past year.
The research project “Sámi ‘Trail of Tears’ Walking Trail” has now been completed. Richard Ek, professor of human geography and project leader, talks about the importance of the control being with the indigenous population and that the culture surrounding Sápmi is extremely important in keeping the stories surrounding the forced displacement of the Sámi alive.
– Our findings have confirmed what we’ve known all along, Richard Ek explains.
2019-12-02
Akademisk högtid
» Föregående högtider
» Akademisk högtid genom åren
» Akademisk högtid 2021
In connection with the Academic Celebration 2021, Karlstad University appoints an Honorary Doctor who has contributed to the development of knowledge and is of special importance to the university. As last year's celebration was canceled due to the ongoing pandemic, the Honorary Doctors for 2020 will also be appointed.
Read more about honorary doctors 2020
Honorary Doctor 2021
Honorary Doctor of the Board of the Teacher Education
Carina Sild Lönroth
Kristina Palm at Karlstad Business School and Calle Rosengren at Lund University have received an award for their research on the boundary between work and personal life in a digitalised working environment.
CRS
» Konferenser
» People and Networks Matter - Enabling Sustainable Bioeconomy Transition 27-28 mars 2019
The conference is a co-production between Nordregio, CRS - Centre for Regional Studies at Karlstad University, UIO TIK – Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture at University of Oslo, LUKE – Natural Resources Institute Finland, NIBIO – Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Region Värmland, Paper Province, Nordic Forest Research (SNS), Nordic Agri Research (NKJ) and Ingoskog – Innovation for green transition in the forest.
Marketing Strategies is a course for business administration students who are in their final year of the bachelor's programme or the third year of the Programme in Business and Economics . The course offers students an opportunity to work with real-life cases to improve the marketing strategies of companies or organisations.
2025-03-31
Gisela Priebe, professor of psychology and director of the The Centre for Research on the Mental Health and Life Circumstances of Children and Youth (CBU), is one of the speakers at "Barnrättsdagarna" (the Children's Rights Days) held from 31 March to 2 April in Karlstad. This year's theme, "The Child as a Rights Holder and the Best Interests of the Child," is a constantly relevant topic for Gisela and CBU's research.
Hello Gisela!
2019-05-09
Majken Jul Sørensen, senior lecturer of sociology, has recently been appointed Director of the popular CRS graduate school together with Marie Nordfeldt, professor of social work.
Majken Jul Sørensen's research deals primarily with non-violent resistance and grassroot movements. Her interest in non-violent social movements, conflict change, as well as humour and political activism, centres, among other things, on human capacity to effect change from the bottom-up.
Jobba hos oss
» Jobb
» ANSÖK NU: Doktorand
» Intervjuer med våra medarbetare
In an international and multidisciplinary environment with plenty of research equipment, the conditions are in place mastering challenges and developing as a researcher. Ellen Moons, Professor of Physics, is pleased with the working environment at Karlstad University.
- The group has a broad network of contacts, says Ellen.
Om universitetet
» Om Karlstads universitet
» Akademiska högtider
Karlstad University arrange an academic celebration in the autumn of every year. The celebration includes doctoral and honorary doctorate conferment ceremonies, the installation of new professors, and presentation of medals and scholarships.
Karlstad University was inaugurated on 22 January 1999. As a young university, we wish to preserve a long-standing academic tradition of ceremonies dating back to the Middle Ages, while commemorating our own history and identity.
Anna Fyrberg Yngfalk är lektor och forskare vid Handelshögskolan Karlstads universitet och vid Centrum för Tjänsteforskning (CTF).
I sin forskning studerar Anna hur marknadsföringsdiskurser formar individer och organisationer men också vad effekterna är av det marknadssamhälle som vi lever i termer av makt och maktstrukturer.
Course content
In this course you will learn more about: the concept service and the development towards value creation through service, service quality and quality development, and service development and innovation. The course consists of three modules: 1)The concept service and the logic of service, 2) Service quality and quality development, and 3) New service development & innovation. Each module includes: readings, videos, cases and online seminars.
After completi
Over the next two years, a new research project at Karlstad University is going to develop concrete resources to increase user influence in mental health services.
2020-12-10
Organizations use idea screening to select which ideas to develop into innovation projects. The question is how do experts decide if an idea is good? It is a complex interplay of intuition, analysis and sensemaking, according to a new study from CTF, Center for Service Research at Karlstad University.
The researchers have mapped and analyzed activities that expert evaluators use to screen ideas, and how these activities are used to identify ideas of high quality.
Bibliotek
» Forskarstöd
» Kurser och stöd
» Kurser för forskare
The course Information retrieval and publishing strategies 3ECTS is catered for PhD students who are in the beginning of their research career, and want to learn more about information seeking for research purposes, reference management, copyright issues, open access and publishing strategies.
Prerequisites: Admitted to PhD studies at Karlstad UniversityMaximum number of participants: 24.
Choral singing is a geographically widespread phenomenon in Sweden. Despite this, it has received relatively limited attention in research. Until now. Per Göransson, who recently completed his PhD in Human Geography at Karlstad University, has done research on the subject.
Choirs have been a popular cultural activity for a long time in Sweden.
2013-04-22
Angela Caridà, research fellow at University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy, will be visiting CTF during the next three months. This is her second time at CTF. She visited us during three months last year.
Angela Caridà have a Ph D in Economic and Management of Healthcare. Her main areas of interest are service innovation, interactive marketing and co-creation. In the last two years her research focus has been on the service innovation in healthcare.
2023-09-22
...teachers of the Early Years Education Programme at Karlstad University…you are going to Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia, in October on an ERASMUS exchange. You are also meeting with a commission of the Australian Government tasked with reviewing the country’s preschool education.
